Discover the unique history of the Ri through the amazing people who have worked here since 1799 including our past Presidents, Directors and resident scientists.
Lecture and Laboratory Assistant 1832-1866
Biography of Edward Neville da Costa Andrade
Ri Secretary 1843-1860
Chair of Council 1993-1995
President, 1948-1963; Honorary Professor, 1963-1964
Biography of William Lawrence Bragg
Biography of William Henry Bragg
Biography of William Thomas Brande
Biography of Charles Richard Arthur Catlow
Lecture and Laboratory Assistant, 1948-1986
Ri Secretary 1900-1912
Biography of Henry Hallett Dale
Professor of Natural Philosophy, 1980–1989
Biography of Humphry Davy
Biography of John Davy
Biography of Peter Day
Biography of Cecil Henry Desch
Biography of James Dewar
Biography of Michael Faraday
Biography of George Finch, the first Ri President.
Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, 1874-1877
Lecture and Laboratory Assistant, 1900-1950
Biography of Baroness Susan Greenfield
Biography of William Robert Grove
Ri Secretary, 1813-1824
Lecture and Laboratory Assistant, 1881-1925
Professor of Astronomy, 1976-1981
Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy, 1967-1973
Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy, 1855-1858, 1865-1869
Professor of the History of Science and Head of Collections
Ri Secretary 1860-1873
Biography of Arthur Keith
Reader in Crystallography, 1954-1968
President, 1976-present
Researcher in the DFRL, 1923–1927, 1930–1946
Head of Library, Archives and Information Services, 1973-1997
Professor of Experimental Medicine, 1977-1982
Biography of John Meurig Thomas
Treasurer, 1981-1986; Chair of Council, 1989-1992
Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy, 1858-1862
Director of the DFRL, 2008-2013
Ri Vice President, 1816
Biography of Max Ferdinand Perutz
Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy, 1979-1985
Biography of George Porter
Ri Secretary, 1945-1953
Biography of Eric Keightley Rideal
Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy, 1834-1837
Professor of Natural Philosophy, 1921-1937
Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy, 1915-1918
Secretary, 1913-1915
Ri Treasurer, 1865-1873; Secretary, 1873-1879
Biography of John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Chair of the Board of Trustees 2010-
Biography of Joseph John Thomson
Biography of John Tyndall
Biography of Benjamin Vincent
Ri Clerk of the Works 1799